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Mr Robinson said most of them had been done when the person was either too young or too drunk.

"Based on most of the messages that have been sent in people are saying 'I was drunk and someone had a gun so I said yeah' or 'we were drunk so I thought it was a good idea'. How can that ever be a good idea though," he said.

The experienced tattoo artist said the winner of the competition would receive a free full day of tattooing to cover up their terrible tattoo.